Pat Fallon wins GOP nomination in race to beat DNI Ratcliffe

Texas State Attorney General Fallon won the Republican nomination for the state’s 4th congressional district after being ousted by now director of National Intelligence (DNI) John RatcliffeJohn Lee RatcliffeHillicon Valley: Google Expands Remote Work Policy Through July 2021 | Intel community submits final Russia report to Senate committee after declassification | Study finds election officials vulnerable to cyberattacks Intel community returns Russia’s definitive volume Report to House after declassification review Hillicon Valley: Feds warn critical infrastructure hackers | Twitter explore subscription service | Bill would steer DHS cyber agency MORE.

Local GOP leaders voted to nominate Fallon over former Ratcliffe employee Jason Ross, 82 to 34. Fallon’s name will replace Ratcliffe’s on November vote in ruby ​​red district – Ratcliffe won 75 percent of the vote in 2018.

““I have no doubt he represents his fellow Texans well on Capitol Hill,” Texas GOP President Allen West said in a statement.

The state senator was endorsed by U.S. senators. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by the Air Line Pilots Association – Negotiators ‘far apart’, as interviews do not yield much before the deadline. Wary GOP Eyes Meadows Shifted From Brick Viewer to Dealer Trump Support Hagerty Wins Tennessee GOP First Chamber First Chamber MORE (R-Texas), who helped him appeal to the banquet halls, according to the Dallas Morne News.

“Ted Cruz supported me, and he came up here today because he can not do it alone,” Fallon said during his introductory speech to the chairs before the vote began, the newspaper reported. “He needs reinforcements in DC, and he wants me by his side.”

Fallon’s nomination took place under unique circumstances.

In May – after primarily March in Texas – Ratcliffe left his seat after confirmation for the intelligence post. Instead of holding a special election after Ratcliffe left his seat, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) nominates local GOP leaders to nominate a candidate for the general election.

The winner of November will take office in January to serve an entirely new term.

Prior to filling the DNI post, former Congressman Ratcliffe was a staunch ally of President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Arpaio loses bid for his old position as Sheriff Trump blames opinion that Russia denigrates Biden: ‘No one is harder on Russia than I am’ Trump truncates executive orders over economy but will not yet report, who often come to the defense of the President during the hearings on the Second Chamber together with other allies of GOP.